Chimney-cap



(No Model.)

J. H. WATT.

CHIMNEY, GAP.

No. 276,102. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

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JAMES H. WATT, OF BARNESVILLE, OHIO.

CHIMNEY-CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,102, dated April 17,1883.

I Application filed February 10, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J. H. WATT, of Barnesville, in the State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chimney- Caps {and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improved chimney-cap complete. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the corner-pieces. Fig. 3 is a top view of one of the mitered sections of which the cap is composed.

This invention relates to chimney-caps which are made of metal; and the nature of it consists in a east-metal chimney-cap which is composed of ribbed mitered sections united by corner-pieces, as will be fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.

A A designate two mitered sections, which constitute the sides of an oblong rectangular chimney-cap, and B B are two mitered sections, which constitute the ends of the cap. These mitered sections are madeof cast metal, and they are rigidly secured together at their corners by means of annular braces or cornersections E, which are screwed or otherwise secured to the bottoms of the sections flush with the edges thereof. Each mitered section is formed with a flat bottom and with two parallel ribs, a b, on its upper side, the object of which is to give strength to the sections and 5 prevent them from cracking in the event of uneven setting of the chimney-top. The corner-pieces E are made of cast metal and constructed with three sides, as shown in Fig. 2, thus adapting them to serve as supports as 40 wellas braces for themitered sections or frame. Ithus make a sectional frame which is adapted to cap the top of a chimney and to firmly bind together the top layers of bricks and preventthem from starting from their cement or fall- 5 ing off.

It is obvious from the above description that the corner E not only tie together the mitered sections forming the-cap-frame, but that these corner-pieces fit snugly over the corners of the 0 top layers of bricks and serve as binders therefor.

Having described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s I A chimney-cap consisting of cast metal ribbed and mitered sections united at their corners by cast-metal annular braces secured to the bottoms of the mitered sections, all construeted and adapted to operate substantially 60 in the manner and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J. H. WATT. Witnesses R. R. WATT, T. N. BRANSON. 

